Read access to the physical path

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I have a problem with access to my site. I gave IIS full control to my program but it's still not working.

The message:

The server is configured to use pass-through authentication with a built-in account to access the specified physical path. However, IIS Manager cannot verify whether the built-in account has access. Make sure that the application pool identity has Read access to the physical path. If this server is joined to a domain, and the application pool identity is NetworkService or LocalSystem, verify that \$ has Read access to the physical path. Then test these settings again.

I have no clue of what is wrong. I'm a newbie on IIS7, I know my website works, I have run it on another PC and it is working fine.

Thanks for your help!

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c#asp.netdatabaseiis

1 Answers

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There is nothing wrong, the reason is that AppPool User/identity has limited privilege for security reasons and you can simply ignore this warning. An effective way to eliminate this warning is to set your application pool based on a custom user, so:

  1. Go to Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Local Users and Groups > Users
  2. Create a user ie. YourDomainName with a strong password, click OK
  3. Double click YourDomainName to open user properties
  4. On General Tab: check User cannot change password and Password never expires and clear all others
  5. On Member of Tab: remove all users

  6. Click OK and save

  7. Go to IIS Manager > Application Pools > Your domain's specific Application Pool > Advanced Settings

  8. In Identity: click to change > Custom Account > Set > Enter User credentials from step 2, click OK and exit all

  9. Right click on website node > Edit Permissions > Add That User and Grant Read & Execute - List Folder Content - Read

  10. Using your browser: check if website is running to verify that settings you entered are correct.

  11. From IIS manager > Sites > right click on your website node > Basic Settings > click Test Settings to check if authorization succeeds.

Good luck